Cantata BWV 215 - Recordings

German Title	Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen
English Title	Praise your good fortune, blessed Saxony (by Richard Stokes)
Event	Secular Cantata to celebrate the crowning of August III as King of Poland
Composed	Leipzig, 1734 \| 1^st performance: October 5, 1734 - Leipzig
Text	Johann Christoph Clauder
Text	German Text \| Translations: Dutch \| English-1 \| English-3 \| French-4 \| Hebrew \| Italian \| Spanish
Scoring	Soloists: Soprano, Tenor, Bass; 8-part Double Chorus (Mvt. 1), 4-part Chorus (Mvt. 9) Orchestra: 3 trumpet, timpani, 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes d’amore, 2 violins, viola, cello, bassoon, continuo Mvt. 1: Chorus \| Mvt. 2: Recitative \| Mvt. 3: Aria \| Mvt. 4: Recitative \| Mvt. 5: Aria \| Mvt. 6: Recitative \| Mvt. 7: Aria \| Mvt. 8: Recitative & Arioso \| Mvt. 9: Chorus
Scoring	Score BGA [6.37 MB]
References	BGA: XXXIV \| NBA: I/37 \| BC: G 21 \| Zwang: W 15 \| First Published: BG, 1887
Commentary	AMG \| Spanish
Music	Music Examples
Discussions	Week of December 7, 2003

Contents

Complete Recordings	Discussions
Recordings of Individual Movements

Recordings

Complete Recordings

1	J.S. Bach: Kantate BWV 215 · Sinfonien aus Kantaten [ES-6]
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart & Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Soprano: Erna Spoorenberg; Tenor: Werner Krenn; Bass: Erich Wenk
Cantate-Musicaphon		Oct 1966	TT: 37:03
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 215 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

2	Weltische Quellen des Weichnachts-Oratoriums [C-1]
Wilfried Fischer
Chor und Kammerorchester Collegium Musicum der Universität Tübingen
Sopran: Herrad Wehrung; Alto: Ortrun Wenkel; Tenor: Kurt Huber; Bass: Bruce Abel
Corona		July 1969	2-LP / TT:

3	Bach made in Germany Vol. VII - Secular Cantatas VI Bach Edition Vol. 7 - Secular Cantatas
Peter Schreier
Berliner Solisten (Chorus master: Dietrich Knothe) / Kammerorchester Berlin
Soprano: Edith Mathis; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Siegfried Lorenz
Berlin Classics / Brilliant Classics		Nov 1979, Oct 1980, Oct 1981	TT: 31:58
Recorded at Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

4	J.S. Bach: Kantaten [C-1]
Karl-Friedrich Beringer
Windsbacher Knabenchor / Collegium Musicum des Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Soprano: Barbara Schlick; Tenor: Paul Elliott; Bass: Stephen Varcoe
Rondeau Production		May 1986	TT: 34:14
Recorded at Immanuelskirche, Wuppetal-Barmen, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

5	J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 4 Bach-2000 Vol. 5 - Secular Cantatas [O-1]
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Soprano: Els Bongers; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens
Erato / Antoine Marchand / Teldec		Jan 1996	TT: 32:19
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

6	Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 208 & 215 [L-6]
Gustav Leonhardt
Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Soprano: Monika Frimmer; Tenor: John Elwes; Bass: David Wilson-Johnson
Philips		Nov 1996	TT: 33:28
Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, England.

7	Edition Bachakademie Vol. 68 - Secular Cantatas
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Tenor: Markus Schäfer; Bass: Dietrich Henschel
Hänssler		June 1999	TT: 31:23
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 215 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Stadthalle Leonberg, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - August 2006)
Thanks to contributors: Rudolf Bayer (October 2003), Matthias Hansen (August 2006)

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